It’s fairly well known that Japan loves it’s vending machines, but you don’t really appreciate how ubiquitous they are until you go there. It’s said that in London you’re never more than ten feet from a rat – well in Japan, the same is true of the vending machine. Of course, being Japan it’s not… Read more »

It seems appropriate to start my coffee tastings with the highest scoring easily available coffee from our workplace coffee club – Taylor’s After Dark. A few notes on tasting. Firstly, my coffee vocabulary is woefully inadequate. I’ve tried to treat them like beer, and ignore whatever is written on the packet but anyone who knows… Read more »

Despite appearances, I don’t live a life as fuelled by beer and whisky as this blog suggests. Sadly, the day job requires that I remain reasonably sober and awake, and my soft drink of choice has always been coffee. If I’m honest, I have historically tended to drink whatever coffee came out of the vending… Read more »